(Today members of TuneTribe 2016 are hearing the second new song release of the year, called “You For Me” and getting an email with some behind-the-song thoughts. These songs are not available elsewhere, though I will perform them in live online shows every few weeks. Join at any time and get all the tracks released so far and going forward. The email with notes goes out on the 1st of each month.)

This month’s single release is a love song. Yayyyyy for Valentines Day-inspired romantic reflection!

Before you roll your eyes, I don’t tend to write about one-night stands, so you may be getting a love song, but this is real life, real love, friends.

I was a very young bride and have seen up-close all the trials and temptations that follow the infatuation & exhilaration stage. Like you, I’ve watched the marriages of friends fall apart for all kinds of reasons. I’m incredibly grateful to have some remarkable role models and to be married to someone who makes me laugh and makes me more than I would be without him.

That kind of love deserves a song or two, don’t you think??

Hear a clip of this new song here (& join the Tribe if you’d like to get all 12 songs):

You For MeChrista Wells, February 2016

At 17, I hung everythingOn a boy who needed more timeI fell again and again for strangers and friendsBut not one of them was mine

I was told there is a great big sea out thereThe possibilities are endlessIt was easy to believe til I met youAnd impossible ever since

‘Cause I’ve had my share of warm embracesThere’ve been some who can make me smileAnd there may be a million beautiful facesThere’s only one you for me

Well I tried to lie to myselfBut I couldn’t run when you said my nameAnd I see in you what I’m trying to becomeIn so many ways

I have seen there is an ocean full and fairAnd she’s given her best to me

I’ve had my share of warm embracesThere’ve been some who could make me smileAnd there may be a million beautiful facesThere’s only one you for me

And if you roll awayLike a restless waveI will follow you to shoreIf your blues and greensGrow dark and deepStill my heart will beat with yours

My heart will beat, my heart will beatMy heart will beat with yoursMy heart will beat, my heart will beatMy heart will beat with yours

‘Cause I only want your embracesAnd the ways you can make me smileThere may be a million beautiful facesThere’s only one you for meThere is one you for me